To Moscow. To Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova.

Bakhmetevskaya Street, Sharonov House.

Russia. Moscow
4/III. 01. Vienna.

I have come here, dear mama, to obtain "papers" for Nadia. There was no Russian consulate in Prague, and my petition for the issuance of a foreign passport for Nadia absolutely had to be certified. Vienna is an enormous, lively, and beautiful city. After the "province" in which I live, it is pleasant to look upon a capital. There is much to see here, so if any of you were to travel through, it would be worth stopping. I have sent Nadia a small *Fuhrer durch Wien* for this purpose. I hope that Nadia will soon be able to see you now—they should not detain her with the passport now. I will ask Manya, when she happens to be in the center of the city, to buy *Hendschel's Telegraph* (2 marks) (it is not worth sending such a book from here)—for Nadia.

I was here, incidentally, in the *Museum der bildenden Kunste* and even watched a Viennese operetta in the theater! It was not very pleasing. I was also at one gathering, where

D. I. and M. I. ULYANOV and M. T. ELIZAROV

1896

* — A guide to Vienna. Ed.

** — Hendschel's railway guide. Ed.

*** — Museum of Fine Arts. Ed.